We're proud to present this year's PCM.daily Expansion Pack. In this thread you can read about the new (and the older) features of this database project for PCM2014.
As you all know, a few members have joined the DB team of PCM.daily for this project, but also for future projects. Zecha, bwiggins, Sykkel_Freak, Kentaurus and haasje33 accompanied Jesleyh, Alakagom, Lluuiiggii, Maddrengen, Admirschleck and Jacky Durand to work on this huge project.
As always we release this pack to make our favorite pro cycling game more realistic. We've got more teams than ever, all with real jerseys, accessories and a lot of national champion jerseys. Also we've got over 3100 riders, all with realistic stats, using our unique stat matrix.
As we do every year, we will add 2 different databases you can play with. One with the national champions from last year (2013) and one with the national champions from this year (2014). This year, we've added an additional feature to this tradition. We've created a career database and a current database, in which we have divided the rosters too. In the career database, we included the rosters from January 2014 and in the current database, we've updated these rosters to August 2014.
While we recommend starting careers only with the career database, it is possible to play a career with the current database too.
Because the equipment system became more realistic in PCM2014, allowing you to sign your own equipment sponsor, we decided not to add team-specific equipment in our Expansion Pack. There will be over 100 real bikes available, which will all have the auto-color function, which means they will get the team's main color included.
To top things off, we will release a V2.0 which will contain a large amount of improvements. For the first time, we will set all contracts of WorldTour riders to expire in the right year. Also, we are planning on implementing all of Jacky Durand's Sponsorkits, adding new variants and much more...
Teams and riders
- 101 teams
- Real rosters for all teams
- Real names and graphics for all teams
- Over 3000 riders
- Real names for all riders
- Updated stats and potentials for all riders, using an adjusted stat matrix
- Improved generation of young riders (more realistic names, stats and potentials)
Races and stages
- 330 new and replaced races
- Many variants for WorldTour races, World Cups and national championships
- An extended U23 calendar with 18 new races
Equipment
- Real brand and model names
- More than 100 real bikes
- More than 60 real wheels
Graphics
- More than 1000 new shirts and accessories for teams
- Updated race and team logos
- New race category logos
- New country flags
- "Cyanide News" replaced with "Cyclingnews.com"
- A few new faces
- Real sponsorkits
Career improvements
- About 400 new sponsors - all with real names and graphics
- More realistic development of generated young riders
- Updated scouting zones
- Updated training camps
- Realistic staff names (and more staff in general)
- More than 100 real journalists
- Cyanide Trophy has been renamed to Velo d'Or
- The Cya Top Tour renamed to UCI World Tour
- The Superprestige Ranking renamed to CQ Ranking
- Updated national teams (new teams & rider allocations)
Other features
- Lots of new sound comments
Edited by haasje33 on 17-08-2014 21:31
UCI WorldTour
AG2R La Mondiale
Astana Pro Team
Belkin Pro Cycling Team
BMC Racing Team
Cannondale
FDJ.fr
Garmin Sharp
Lampre - Merida
Lotto Belisol
Movistar Team
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
Orica GreenEdge
Team Europcar
Team Giant - Shimano
Team Katusha
Team Sky
Tinkoff - Saxo
Trek Factory Racing
